Can i get some poor kid stories?
> playing at friends house
> owns all of the latest consoles (ps2 was out)
> i play his sega genesis everyday when i go to his house
> his mother knows im poorfag who doesnt get much
> gives me the console to me with all his games
Sometimes life is good. I can't remember if he was too happy about it.
>>342885547
>tfw you just realized that this was taken last minute in a hospital room possibly because one of their parents was sick. Maybe their mother.
>>342885547
/pol/ say those two in the picture are Jewish living in Israel.
Is that true?
>>342886940
>Jewish
>christmas tree
>>342886940
Yes. It's me on the left. My name is Shlomo.
>>342886940
would definitely bang the jewess on the right and convert her to christianity
>>342885547
>>342886352
fuck what a sad picture
>Be in 4th grade near the holidays
>free time
>Everyone talking about what they think they got for christmas
>They ask me
>I talk about Banjo tooie and how great it will be
>console war erupts
>the smelly kid in class isint saying anything
>No one likes him
>I ask what system he has out of curiosity
>He says he dosnt have one
>His Christmas present is going to be a cheese pizza his dad promised him.
I invited him to my house a few times. It was like teaching a cave man to play video games. But he had fun. He stopped going to school after a while. Found out they lost the car they lived in. To this day i hope youre doing alright mike.
>>342886940
>Jews
>Celebrating the birth of Jesus
>>342885547
They're married and this was their first christmas together.
They're still happily married and well off now.
>>342886940
>listening to /pol/
get back there, retards like you are poison.
>>342886940
>>342887338
>>342887392
Looks like a Mormon Bible.
>>342887338
Why? You should covert her to Atheism, religions are literally fairytales you know.
>>342887518
*tips*
>>342887371
my family was well off when i was in school and i wish i could go back and be nicer to the poor kids and invite them over to play games and stuff more...but then again most the ones i did have over ended up stealing shit so probably better off this way
>>342886940
two americans were overseas helping poor folks or some shit. not a hospital room, thats a standing fan over the mans shoulder. the guy had seen this photo on the web and went on reddit to clarify the confusion.
>>342887440
source?
>>342885547
>Cal Poly sweatshirt
Shocker there. Material goods are for poor, stupid, goyim. Not at all surprised that a well-educated family such as this has such a minimalist Christmas.
>>342887701
>>342887371
I didnt ask for these feels
>>342887701
Yeah, kids aren't like in the movies, they're all little shits on the inside.
> friend with rich girl since kindergarten
> she had every console that was out and constantly played
> dropped me as a friend and bullied me until the end of elementary school when she found out I had never played Dance Dance Revolution
Fuck you Maren, you horse faced count.
>>342887701
>but then again most the ones i did have over ended up stealing shit so probably better off this way
this desu
>try to be nice to the poor kids in school
>they just steal my shit
though not every poor kid was like this, there were some good ones whose parents taught them right from wrong
>>342888146
do you mean countess?
>>342887371
>a cheese pizza
Christ Almighty
>>342885547
This image is bait. How could a poor family have such a high quality photo in the 80s? Also, you can see a quality speaker on a stand in the background. Nice try.
>First console I personally owned and bought shit myself with my own money was a banged up gamecube my uncle found on the sidewalk
>had only enough money at the time for a av cable, a controller, and a cheap $20 game (this was like near the end of that gen)
>bought Sonic Adventure 2
>until I had money for a memory card, I was only able to replay the first couple levels
>had to redo them every time for about a week or two
Good times. Still have the GC in working condition too, nintendium is no joke.
>>342886940
>listening to insecure white teenagers, self hating nonwhites, and old manchildren on pol
>>342888874
>nintendium
Nintoddlers meme
>>342888694
You know, I honestly think she mutilated her tits and is calling herself a boy now so I mean count isn't too far off.
>16th birthday
>in math class
>don't remember how, but someone knew it was my bday
>yells out happy bday so whole class attention is on me
>asks me what I got for my bday
>say nothing
>everyone is quiet
>grew up poor
>had a SNES with games my sister left me before she moved out of state
>took turns playing Claymates with dad all the time
>my N64 and Gameboy Color were both second hand, I remember whoever sold us the Gameboy had it and a few games threw inside a paper bag, probably stolen
>didn't have any N64 games for a few months, my parents let me rent a game every payday
>finally got 007 and spent a ton of weekends playing with dad
>years later, parents worked all year and got me a Dreamcast and Sonic Adventure I played the shit out of at my uncles
>few months later, dad comes home from work with a game I didn't know
>it was fucking POWER STONE
>turns out he finally managed a better job paying twice what he made and wanted to get me a gift, and he thought it looked cool
>started getting lots of vidya to play with mom and dad
>things only got better from there
Thanks mom, and dad.
It always bugged the shit out of me in high school when people would get mad, and called me spoiled because I would always get the newest games on launch day, but I used to be in their shoes, and it does suck.
If you're not making a lot of money now, don't give up, anon.
Anything can happen, just keep at it.
>>342888146
>he never played dance dance revolution
haha holy shit no wonder she dropped you like a teenage abortion.
>when you realize the picture was taken in a hospital room and there is somebody dying off camera
>>342886352
That's not a hospital. That's a fan, not an IV holder.
>>342889092
Nah, fanboys are fucking retards but its hard to deny how durable nintendo products once were. That same gamecube fell like 5-6 feet one time because someone accidentally pulled the cable and it was fine afterwards.
They make shitty shoulder buttons though, every nintendo handheld I've owned had its shoulder button blow out.
>>342887371
You sound like a cool guy anon I would never have been nice enough to invite the smelly kid over.
I'm not poor but it was always awkward when my poor friends or cousins visited my house or I visited theirs.
>>342887737
Can confirm.Seen the other pictures before many years ago. They're young newlyweds.
>>342887518
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4QBRgyitFs
>>342885547
This picture is supposed to make me sad but it all it does is make me miss the 90's- which is basically the same thing.
>10 years old
>still believed in Santa
>saw a trailer for Super Mario Strikers
>wrote my letter on a flash card
>only put Super Mario Strikers
>Christmas comes around
>open my gift
>Nickelodeon plug and play
>piece of paper attached saying
>sorryThat plug and play was fuck as fuck tho. Especially the Spongebob board game.
>>342891354
>fuck as fuck
Owner of an 10 year old pc here.
You dont know poor
>>342888874
Considering the circumstances, that's not the worst thing that could have happened. The first level is the best one in the game.
Poor kid stories? I grew up in the Balkans during the 90s, I remember being excited so I can go see some "rich" kid because he actually has a bootleg NES system. One kid in the neighborhood even had a SNES later on, whoah!
You want christmas stories? Once my mother was super excited because she got me my very first christmas gift all wrapped up nicely in colored paper. I was like 9 years old then. What I got was a white plastic mug and new tube of toothpaste. I STILL HAVE THAT MUG!
Westerners treat pizza as junk food, right? Something you order when you're too lazy to coock? For me getting a pizza is a fucking event, I feel like going to a fancy restoraunt even to this day every time I get to eat a pizza, it always feels like a really luxurious meal.
>>342891354
>>piece of paper attached saying
>>sorry
>>342892069
Yeah, that puts things into perspective. Being grateful for what you have is definitely key to being happy.
At the same time, if your life is shitty, complacency isn't a good thing. If you can make positive changes, by all means.
>>342885547
>Be me when I was 12
>brother just died
>living in hotel
>grandfather who I've only seen once shows up to funeral
>asks me if there's anything I want
>ask for Nintendo DS
>he never gets me one and disappears again
I ended up getting one later on anyway, but still fuck him.
>>342892069
Good thing is back in the days everyone was more or less poor, so you didn't "feel poor". Sometimes someone among the friends had a cool toy or console and you'd all go hang out at him, but yeah it was balanced. It's way worse now i think, gaps between classes keep growing
>>342892532
to be honest even if I sound super salty in my post, life has been alright to me, I now have more luxuries than I really need, more than I even feel I deserve.still got a PC from 2009, but I'll try not to bitch too much
Also I was whining, but just by having internet it means I have a better standard of living than most of the planet
>>342892617
self centered faggot
btw haha ur brother died what a loserjason B?
>>342892757
something tells me your story is not genuine
>>342886352
It is not.
No fucking way they would allow you to light a candle.
>>342888976
l-looks like y-you've not been redpilled yet!D-donate to Trump!
>>342889732
you are probably the dumbest fuck i've ever seen
>>342887371
>America
>>342892069
People don't mainly say pizza is junk food because it is peasant food, they say it is junk food because most of the time it's really greasy and unhealthy
>>342893096
hey now pol is retarded but that doesnt discredit trump
>>342893734
what I meant, it's not considered a fancy cuisine, right? I bet there are real fancy pizzerias, but most of the time, pizzas are cheap, right?
>>342892069
>I grew up in the Balkans during the 90s
Me to, but I was rich
Sucks to be you
who else went through most of their adolescence with a Wii and a shitty laptop?
>>342893876
yea relatively so
really poor families still cant afford to pay for pizza, but youre right about it being the "fuck cooking Im hungry" choice
>>342886940
I first saw that image around 2011 in /mu/, it was supposed to be a tripfag called leknight and his sister
not poor but i had a friend who was SUPER poor. id make a deal with him almost every day, he grind exp on my ragnarok character while i do my homework, then after im done he can eat 2 top ramens.
that dude loved top ramen but his family wouldnt buy it even though they were broke. he used to live off eggs and hot dogs and cereal.
>>342893876
No, not for truly poor people. I had maybe two times where my parents ordered pizza as a kid. Both times they complained about how it exhausted their budget and we had to eat shitty shit for the rest of the week.
>>342893778
Trump discredits Trump, he doesn't need a legion of cucks to do it for him.
>>342894470
back to /lgbt/ with u
t. anti pol
>come home
>all your games are gone again
>>342894456
that sounds same as what I went trough, so I guess ignore my pizza rant, that's not a good example
>>342894042
i knew a kid with the exact same conditions and he turned out to be a giant flamboyant faggot. everyone cool had a 360 and/or DS/psp. you nintendo kids, no matter the gen or century, always look fucking retarded and cringe. whether it be up against sega, sony, or microsoft. nintencucks are always an embarrassment to their families and social lives
>>342894779
damn anon you have an agenda to push
>I knew a [single, not plural] kid who turned out to be a faggot
>suddenly generalizes all fans of nintendo
>>342894554
>>342893778
Trump pretty much discredits himself. He consistenly shits on his "campaign" by making retarded mistakes and statements. His "redpilled" brigade just fucks him over even further, really.
>Really, really poor growing up
>Mom just got over dealing with graves disease
>Christmas time
>Worked three jobs to get my brother and I am N64 and Mario
>Have red baron pizza on the floor in the living room, no furniture
>Best Christmas ever
My life has been so very good. I'm very blessed.
>>342895149
>>342893096
>>342888976
>>342887338
I wannapinch her little chipmunk cheeks
>>342895426
Oh hey, forced /pol/ meme, that's not old at all.
>>>/pol/
>>>/b/
>>342892069
Any other stories or anecdotes to help put things in perspective for those that are accustomed to Western norms?
>>342893021
Jesus Christ. Only thing that would make it better is if the kid didn't have a TV to play it on.
>grew up poor, never had any nice things and always hanged out at friends house to play vidya
>now I'm an adult with a decent job with no interest in games
Fucking kill me
>>342895981
What are you do- oh right, I haven't been around for a while.
>being a wage slave
>join facebook videogames groups
>???????
>profit!
Sometimes people needs money for drugs or something important they dont want to sell it at full scalper/ebay/retro store price
Not a poor story but a sad one:
>Know this kid a little, not really a friend but not a total stranger either
>Go over to his house like a couple times a year
>Only child, single father, strongly think mom is dead because her photograph is by a box in the den, never asked him about it because I don't want to make him feel sad
>One day asks me to come over to his house to playTony Hawk Pro Skater 2
>Hell fucking yes
>meet up with him after school, his dad usually picks him up, I know
>A little weirded out when he starts walking home
>I ask him why his dad isn't going to pick us up
>He tells me his dad has been feeling really tired these past few days
>Think it's a little strange but okay sure
>Walk a full fucking hour to his house
>Immediately think what kind of parent would let their kid walk a whole hour, and this was in one of the rougher parts of LA
>Go in, his dad is on the couch
>I ask him if it's okay if I play some videogames
>no response
>I feel a deep discomfort in my gut
>My friend says his dad must be asleep and tries to usher me into his room
>Nah fuck that
>go up to dad, it's very clear that he isn't breathing and isn't responsive when I poke him
>Ask my friend how long he's been like this
>Two days
>I remember that was the first time I ever said "fuck" out loud
>Kid just starts crying while I call my mom, she tells me to call 911 and she'll be right over there
>Kid is just bawling
>I hug him and cry too
>Mom beats the ambulance and basically takes control of the situation
>let me stay with the kid until his uncle picked him up
>Never end up playing that Tony Hawk
Last I heard he transferred schools and grew up with his aunt and uncle. I hope he turned out alright. It gives me nightmares sometimes, imagining him for those two days just trying to pretend his dad wasn't dead.
>>342895751
I'll share one more because it makes me feel super whiny writing this.
I was obsessed with LEGOs as a kid, because I stumbled upon a LEGO catalog. My favorite pastime next to video games was staring into that catalog absorbing every single detail day after day after day for several years, knowing I'll never own any of the sets featured. Every year I'd keep annoying the local toy shop clerk if they would give me the new free catalog. I used to do that until like 99 when they started charging for catalogs, because other kids started doing it as well.
To be honest I did eventually get to play with several lego sets later when I was a bit older, best god damn toy ever devised.
>>342896304
That sucks. Why didn't you play Tony Hawk while you were waiting for your mom to show up? He sounds like a little prick desu mate
>>342896304
The feels man, they are strong with this one
>>342896304
>>342893515
mad poorfag detected, fuck you asshole let he's being nice
>>342886940
Mate mormon christmas was on /sp/ before /pol/ even got made, they have no idea what it's about
>>342885547
When I was in middleschool and everyone else had either a ps2 or a xbox all I had was a secondhand laptop. We couldnt afford internet so I could only play the Pinball game.
>>342896304
fuck bruh
>>342897059
Space Cadet? That was a pretty fun game to be honest, but even that gets old quickly.
>>342896304
>He tells me his dad has been feeling really tired these past few days
>>342897209
Imagine poverty and pinball. That was my childhood.
>>342896304
He only invited you over because he didn't know what to do and thought you'd control the situation
>>342888976
is /pol/ the biggest cancer on this board? I'm always torn between /v/ and /pol/
>>342896304
>>342885547
>born in '87
>first consoles were Atari 2600 and Odyssey2
>for $10 each in 1995
>first computer was an Atari ST
>played the shit out of dungeon master, great giana sisters, and some racing game that always crashed when you started lap 2
A long story but here it goes
>not poor but rarely get expensive stuff, tight budget
>play all the latest stuff at relatives or friends places
>have some vidya, mostly given to family or bought cheap and way after release
>brother and I usually mow lawns and save for vidya
>younger brother makes poorfag friend
>the kid soon only comes over and ignores us, just wants to play sega genesis
>every time we try to get him off of the sega he acts like a fucking brat
>actually shoves my brother one time (bro was short, small, poorfag was a bit older and fat, tall)
>won't ride bikes around with us so one day we leave him at our house yo play sega
>next day younger brother is real upset since his gameboy is gone
>know poorfag took it but brother is too nice to do anything
>during class that week I ask the teacher if I can go to the restroom
>sneak to poorfags locker (elementary & no locks), find gameboy and put it in my locker
>poorfag comes over after school
>our front porch was boxed in and weird, so after a certain point you couldn't see anything and audio would echo
>crack front door,
>tell him he's not allowed over anymore
>he tries to push his way in
>push him back, walk out and slam the door behind me
>push poorfag into wall, land body shots and a nasty right hook into his face
>immediately go back inside and lock the door
He sat and cried for a few minutes. Those cries echoing due to the porch walls is seared into my memory. I can still hear it. Never saw him save for school after that.
>>342891354
>Nickelodeon plug and play
>piece of paper attached saying
>sorry
oh my god my sides
underrated post
>ok and even somewhat rich for your country
>literally poor for the first world countries
Don't know even what to say.
>>342897703
holy fuck
Whatever vidya that i did have as a kid was usually swiftly pawned to help pay the rent. Things are better now though got everything I want only problem is I have no time to enjoy it all.
>>342897703
he deserved it. he was a thief, he was also and asshole for using you and your brother. he wasn't a friend, he was never your friend. just a parasite
>>342885547
Well my problem was not money but my parents giving me the excuse that consoles fucked TVs (fat ass television we had) and that I would get too hooked and stuff. On the other hand my cousin always had something cool in hand (given by my aunt) N64, gameboy color, PSX, etc and I'd always played on them when I could, I even asked him to bring the N64 to my house on the days he would visit.
But it was not all lost for me, since long ago my dad got this computer (a spacial station for those years) and it had installed some dope Win 95 16bit games wich I played a lot, maybe thats why nowadays Im more of a PC gamer, but yeah thats my story.
tl;dr I never owned a console, just played on the pc
>>342896304
>>342896304
I hope this is fucking fake
>>342896304
Sooooo, what was the cause of death?
>>342892967
That's actually what that picture was though. Google it.
My first game boy advanced was given to me by a sweaty Puerto Rican kid. He wanted it back a day later and I refused to return it.
The next day he brought his dad to school and made me give it back.
At least I got to hold it for a day. It smelled like pork grease.
>dad has around high income
>mom doesn't even work unlike most of my friends
>live in a relatively rich neighborhood
>still am the kid who is always a generation behind with one console because dad thinks it's ridiculous to spend money on video games and just told me to pirate them
I am fully convinced my dad is from some sort of jewish descendancy. My only regret is never getting to play games when they were released or get to build a collection.
>>342892069
Bro you have to post a pic of that mug, Im interested
These threads always make me feel guilty. My family is well-off and so were most of my friends. Wasn't till I met one of my best friends in high school and went to his apartment that I realized how good I had it.
>>342898852
>dad thinks it's ridiculous to spend money on video games and just told me to pirate them
So what stopped you from doing it? Piracy is like the best thing that ever happened to my childhood. Hardware was expensive, but no one ever worried about software prices around here, piracy is the norm.
My first console was a bootleg N64 by parents bought at a flea market because it was cheap
>>342896304
That's rough
>>342899246
Did it still play real N64 games?
>>342893021
Dem feels, God bless that anon
>7th grade
>had to live on skidrow for a few months
>everybody asks where I went
>say japan and I got wind waker 2
>they all disbelieve me
>bring in a disc case for the gba player for gamecube because japan used those
>they all say no way whoaaaaa
>felt good and bad at the same time
Yeah, I was thank kid, but being homeless sucked.
>>342898816
stupid nigger
>>342899510
*that kid
>>342892069
>I grew up in the Balkans during the 90s
My goddamn condolences
>>342889732
>your parents played video games with you
This is something I've wanted my entire life, even more than any present, and is something I'll never get.
>Be poorfag
>Get Ps1 with like 2 games
>No memory card so can't save
>Play through Medievil all in one session
>PS1 breaks
>Go back to playing through pokemon for the 50th time
Poor sucks.
>>342896304
holy shit thats fucked
>>342896445
I know how that feel, I was so happy whem I played with Legos
>>342899067
had a brain fart, it's not a plastic mug, not a porcelain one, not sure why I even wrote plastic. But it was my very own mug, I'd throw a bichfit every time I saw my sister or dad try and drink from it, I felt special having it all for myself.
>>342898693
How the fuck should I know? I was just a kid. I never wanted to think about it ever again. Maybe a heart attack or stroke? I mean, he didn't have any visible injuries, at least from what I can remember.
>>342899143
I wanted to trade games to my friends and I liked the covers. It was also hard to explain someone who had never heard of modchips before how I could own the game and not be able to lend them.
In the end it was kinda neat because it made me play a bunch of niche games I'd never find in shelters, especially during the PS2 era.
>>342899912
>not a porcelain one
and I did it again. It IS a porcelain one.
>>342888146
She wanted your dick man
You could have had an ojou waifu
>>342885547
I had a super nintendo when I was 7, a gift from my grandmother. I didn't have games til i was 23
parents basically cut me off at around age 14-15. I have only gotten new clothes from christmas gifts and birthdays from other family members. Basically was only fed.
>>342899912
Thank you based, papa bless
I always felt bad for the kids that had to play RuneScape.
>>342900570
what do you mean "had to"?
>>342900630
As opposed to something good like WoW ..when MMOs were getting popular.
>>342900570
I played runescape for like a year and a half because I had nothing else to play
>>342899548
Figured the only responses were going to be like yours. Have a good day, you neck bearded manchild.
>>342900816
Vastly preferred RuneScape to WoW. Didn't like shoulders of doom.
>Pull out Gameboy Color on bus on ride home
>This is during DS Lite era
>Kid glances at me and makes fun of me for having something so old
>Put it back in my bag
>Kid kicks my bag
>Breaks my only handheld
>Beat the shit out of him and get grounded for 6 months
Not vidya related but still sad
>21 years old
>in a grocery store
>see a beaten down old man
>clearly works a labor intensive job and just got off
>carrying bread, milk, and sandwich meat
>staring at snack cakes and counting the crumpled money in his hand trying to figure if he can afford a simple pleasure
>can tell it's eating him up inside he can't get them
>walk by and "drop" 20 dollars out of my pocket while pulling out my phone
>"Hey sir you dropped this"
>tell him to keep it for being a good guy with tears in my eyes
Some good feels time?
>work at vidya store a while back
>get to know regulars
>one family (dad, mom, son and daughter) were obviously not well off but the nicest people ever
>always buying old stuff or looking for discount games in the sales bin
>one day the son and daughter come in with their mom
>the boy is excited since he now has a DS and is looking at games
>girl wants nintendogs but the boy disagrees
>ask if they have only one DS
>Their Mom: "Yeah, they share it."
>while they browse games I go beg my manager to let me use a discount on what I'm about to do
>boy picks out a game and mom is confused when I swipe my own card for the purchase
>hand him his game with two others
>hand his sister a DS with games too
>they're still confused
>say something like "You guys are the nicest customers we've ever had. This is an early Christmas gift."
>kids are like n64 kids times ten
>mom gets teary eyed, hugs me
>next week the dad just stops in to shake my hand and says he'll buy me a beer sometime
I had to eat ramen and drink cheap whiskey for a bit but it was worth it. I wonder if they're doing alright these days.
>>342901002
>shoulders of doom.
Shoulder armor was my WoW fetish. I lamented the day I rolled a human warlock instead of an orc one. Orcs have huuuuuuuge shoulder armor.
>>342901054
based anon
>>342901054
That's awesome. God bless you.
>>342901002
WoW is undeniably better though and back in those days it was bigger than sliced bread. You needed a decent PC, internet, & money for sub fee. RuneScape was fun but I knew most of the kids that played it simply couldn't afford WoW.
>tfw you played EQ2
It was fun while it lasted, and they had the coolest lizard people in vidya, but it was sad seeing all my friends slowly go to WoW.
>>342901054
>>342901032
you did a good job anon
>>342896304
Fucking LA is wild.
In that city, everyone's story is a drama. So scared of fucking moving there.
>>342896304
That gave me chills
>>342885547
>tfw you used to get school supplies for christmas too
>>342891667
>10 years old pc
Are u me?
>>342894779
So you were a Nintendo kid too huh?
>>342896304
What part of LA?
I grew up there, and knew a kid in a similar situation.
>>342889092
Look at the old grey brick gameboys and tell me those things are not made from some fucking mythical materials not of this realm.
Half of my family is jewish and the other half is white
in other words, i was never poor
>>342901635
Care to share your story?
>>342901303
>WoW is undeniably better though
Like what, in what way? Sure it was more expensive but I'd rather play RuneScape. I just prefer it overall. The music, the quests, the atmosphere. WoW is much more different. I'm not pissing on WoW by the way, I just think it's a different taste.
>>342901746
Just knew a kid who had 2 dead parents. Really weird guy, but a great friend - eventually became a director. Never talked about his parents.
>>342901601
I think our parents forgot it was Christmas. But we were too young and dumb to realize it. Use to constantly get pencils and sketch books from my dad. Asked him about it recently (he's a drunk now, lost his medical license a few years ago).
"It was the only thing I could find at the pharmacy on Christmas eve"
I do the same thing to my nieces and nephews... Fuck.
>>342901635
We both lived in Compton, but went to an elementary school in Gardena (next city over, not the best but a lot nicer in comparison). It was Chapman, did you go there too?
>elementary school
>pokemon and yugioh were at their peak of popularity
>everyone on the playground were trading cards
>i was the only kid that didn't have cards because my parents were poor as fuck
>my daily recess routine would be looking over at people's shoulders to see them trading and boasting their collections because no one would play anything else like tag or soccer
>this went on for several months until the school banned cards
looking back, im kinda glad i didnt fall for this fad, and i grew up to hate pokemon altogether
>>342901054
Papa bless anon, doing Gods work
>>342887701
Poor kids are shit, Anon. They steal and lie.
>>342902034
Oh wow, no definitely not.
Went to SOCES in Reseda.
you black?
>>342885547
No matter how much I search, I can't seem to fully understand the context of that pic. Is it because of the IV and they're in the hospital? Or are they people that I should know?
>>342901032
>>342901054
Based anons. Always glad to see some good left in the world.
>>342902238
The Valleyyy
>>342902238I'm blacker that a lawyer's heart, but the kid was mixed
>>342902434
I figured.
I went to school with a ton of kids bussed in from Compton. It was a forced 60% school. That is, 60% of the kids had to be non-white. The 40% of white/asians had to apply to get in. Met a lot of cool dudes from compton to be honest
>Tfw you remember the story that goes along with ops picture.
They were so young, I cri evertim.
>>342902250
they are missionaries in Israel. They got married. They weren't poor kids, they were just poor missionaries. But fun poor, in like the college kid kind of way. They made a big blog post about this pic
>>342902431
where u from?
>>342891667
>tfw still running a 512mb 8800gt
I'm still shocked at the amount of shit it runs.
>>342902250
I think the point is for Christmas they got some notebooks, assorted dollar store shit and a box of cereal. Hence why it's relevant to the thread.
>>342899912
That,s a nice mug. Take good care of it!
>>342902535
Yeah, Compton gets a bad rep, but typically you won't get in trouble unless you're looking for it. I'd much rather raise a kid in Compton than, say, Chicago.
>grew up rich
>parents didn't buy me any game consoles
>work atFUKKEN GAMESTOP
>kid comes in
>mom tells him to go look at some games for his ds
>they're both dressed in old, worn clothes, mom looks really tired and stressed out
>she's standing off to the side, obviously trying not to force him into a decision
>he's eyeing some pokemon games and keeps going back to them
>he points them out and asks if he can look at them
>I grab my keys and get them+the cases for him, he starts to get really excited
>"It's his birthday" she tells me when they come up to the register
I'm from a pretty poor family too, and we could never celebrate our birthdays like a lot of kids, so I could tell this was a big deal for him.
>ring them up, total for the games is 80+
>mom looks a little panicked
>pulls out her card
>declined
>swipes again
>declined
>she starts to look really embarrassed
>quickly tell her "hold on, I think I messed up somewhere"
>quickly enter 30 bucks cash for a payment method
>tell her to try again
>it goes through
>I pull 30 out of my wallet for the register
She looked like she was about to cry. I gave the kid a pack of pokemon cards we had marked as "defective" since the package had broken and told him to have a happy birthday.
>2005
>Saw rich cousin play F.E.A.R on his gaming pc for the first time
>completely enthralled by the story and setting and characters and everything else
>had a ps1 before that but that was literally all I could play
>so hyped to literally play F.E.A.R. but don't have a gaming pc
>rich cousin gives us his other pc
>it's a pentium 3
>in 2005
>endlessly browse gamespot for 1998 to 2002 games just to play
And that's how I played jedi outcast and zoo tycoon with the dinosaur and underwater expansion packs. Good times. Used to fight with my brothers over the computer but literally now have 2 gaming laptops and a dedicated gaming pc as well as tablets, etc. Needless to say, even if we didn't have much back then, just being able to play games made everything alright.
>>342891354
>10 years old
>Mario strikers trailer
Come on mods, math isn't that hard.
>>342903348
>someone on /v/ actually doing something nice
I don't care whether this story is actually true or not, it made me feel good. Thank you anon.
>>342895909
Actually laughed at that.
>>342885547
If it makes you feel better that's a Jewish family and that's a Hanuka tree. They're probably taking a a picture of their cheap grammy's gifts.
>Grew up in a poor family, even poorer now
>Dad would usually take me to rent games and he'd burn copies for me to play
>Eventually got one our relatives to mod out an xbox so it would have installed games
>Played on this for years with my sister because we know they couldn't afford the new stuff when they came out
>Parents would always try to get us the new game/console when we asked despite having no money
>One day dad picked me up from elementary school
>Earlier I asked him I wanted a Nintendo Gamecube
>Got in the car and looked at the other seat
>>342903529
It's 2016 anon
Not vidya related, but...
A few summers ago I was part of a summer camp for foster kids/ other kids who were generally impoverished in some way.
One of the kids was this super nice little girl, I think she was about 10 or 12. Her younger sister was also in the camp but in the other half for younger kids that I wasn't really a part of.
Months later, I was reading the letters to Santa in the local newspaper because, honestly, the fuckin greed of little shitters asking for five consoles, two iphones, and a new car is hilarious. Anyways, I see the letter to Santa from that little girl.
It was pretty much "Dear Santa, why didn't you bring me anything last year? Do you not like me? If you bring me anything this year, please just bring a doll for my little sister."
My fuckin' heart split in half. I actually ran into her working at a different place last summer; she liked my sunglasses a lot, so I gave them to her. In retrospect, I shoulda showed her how to pirate vidya games or get away with stealing
>>342888976
pots and kettles fag
>>342900991
What did you expect, you dummy.
That people were gonna praise you for being a little shitty thief?
>>342903829
>>Got in the car and looked at the other seat
Did a skeleton pop out?
>>342886352
I forget the story behind this, but it's not nearly as depressing as the picture makes it out to be.
>>342896485
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCiFO7qV54E
>>342885547
>Be from wealthy family
>have poor friend who lives in a trailer park
>he comes over a lot
>we play games all the time
>reach 14 years old
>he starts experimenting with drugs
>lend him some games
>he trades them for weed
>tell my parents
>STAY AWAY FROM HIM, NO DRUGS FOR YOU
>I don't want the drugs, I want my games
>DRUGS ARE BAD, LITTLE ANON
>next day
>poor kid showing off his weed, thinks he's cool
>I tell a teacher anonymously
>he gets expelled
>6 years later
>meet him again
>we catch up
>he's still poor, recovering from heroin addiction, trying to get his high school equivalency certificate
>few weeks pass
>asks me if he can borrow $50 for his son's birthday
>kek, I know where this is going
>take him out for lunch and give him $50
>steal shit out of his bag while we're eating
>got his phone, little tin with some weed in it, some notebook for his course and two dvds
>chuck it all in the bin
>never see him again
>>342904145
what the fuck is wrong with you
>>342904145
>>got his phone, little tin with some weed in it, some notebook for his course and two dvds
Why.jpg
>>342904145
I'd just thrown out the weed. Sounds more even to me.
>>342904145
Wow. You're both pieces of shit.
>>342896304
best be trolling niggerplease tell me you're trolling
>>342904145
I think I hate you
>>342904145
what the fuck dude? just say no and be done with it, don't fuck him up any further
>>342885547
I was super poor as a kid.
My high school teach bought me a Gamecube and Pikmin one year though. And when I was a younger a church group donated a ton of gifts to us and I got every Beast Wars toy I wanted that year for Christmas.
>>342901579
Most of California as well, but that's the nature of being a city full of expats and people escaping their lives.
Kinda related story
>Living in California for a few years now
>Met this girl awhile back while working in downtown LA
>Started a relationship and bonded overour past childhoods of being molested
But her story was much more hardcore than mine
>7 y/o living in Virginia
>Older brother was downie in his mid twenties
>Every night for years would go upstairs, lock the door diddle his sister in various ways
>She never said anything since her parents were extremely and vocally protective of him since she was born and never knew what was happening was wrong
>This keep going on until she was 11
>Both her retarded brother and her mom died in a car accident
>Never tells anyone what happened once she learned what sex was, still hasn't to this day
>Started babysitting when she was 15
>Eventually starts looking after this 9 y/o boy after she started doing it for a while, I think she was 16
>His parents trusted her and having her watch him for entire weekends
>One thing led to another and she began to continue the cycle
>Boy wasn't a retard and he eventually let something slip to a teacher
>Didn't go to jail because she was a minor, but eventually the whole town found out, she was disowned by family and friends
>Dropped out and rode a bus away to LA
>Got fucked up on meth and was living on skidrow for months
>Tried to an hero by running into traffic, was taking my the cops as a 5150 and sent to a psych ward
>Was already 18 by the time she was admitted, so she spent weeks there in a involuntary hold, eventually got her shit back together
>Flash forward now, lives in a room share out of the IE working fast-food, not doing shit with her life
Everyone here is like that, I swear to God. If you talk to someone for more than 20 minutes, you're bound to her some over the top sob story. Just go to Texas instead.
>>342903348
Papa bless you too
>>342904290
>>342904410
>>342904412
>>342904417
>>342904475
>>342904497
>ITT: Poor people who steal games and use their kids to con drug money out of people
>>342892069
Was it a dendy system per chance?
>>342903348
Fucking wonderful
l>>342904145
What is wrong with you?
>>342904145
Of course you did
>>>/b/
>>342904610
just say no, don't throw out his shit, especially the fucking book he needs
>>342904610
You could have just said no, but you went out of your way to fuck him in the ass.
>>342904610
No matter how you look at it, Stealing is fucking awful, but then doing it yourself is just as bad, Especially being that petty for something that happened that long ago.
>>342903935
Kek
>>342904684
nope, from what I understand the Dandy was mostly distributed in Russia, what I mostly remember from my childhood was the glorious one and only "Sega Terminator 2". Despite the SEGA in the name, it was a NES with built in games.
>>342904610
I've never stolen anything in my life. Also, I'm not fucking poor.
The stoner was a shithead but anon acted like a dick too. He could have just avoided the situation entirely.
>not that well off when i was younger
>youngest of 3 kids
>parents always let us get handhelds but no consoles
>constantly jealous of all my friends with playstations or n64s
>parents wouldn't even let me buy my own console when i had enough money
>they finally breakdown and let me buy a ps1 off of craigslists
>tfw ps2 and gamecube were already out
>dad gave me a tv
>it was 12 inch box tv
>played crash team racing every fucking day
fuck you mom and dad. i'm obsessed with video games because you wouldn't let me have them.
fucking seriously. i guarantee if they just let me have a console when i was younger i wouldn't be playing video games that much today.
>>342904920
Ah, Still. I get what you mean with the pizza being a luxury. Where I live (western europe) Pizza is kind of fucking expensive and generaly high quality. So ordering pizza is such a treat.
Cool mug though. Hope you have a good night.
>>342904557
It's not all fun and games over here in Texas either.
>>342903348
Thank you for doing that!
>>342905218
Explain.
>>342886352
>I'm too underage to remember how electronic fans looked in the 90s
>>342905218
>fucking otter
clicked the wrong picture, but my point still stands
>>342887371
>>342889092
They literally tested dropping an Xbox, ps2 and gcn off a 10 story building. Not only was the gamecube intact afterwards, it could still play games.
>>342905376
You're either rich and white or minority and poor. There's been lots of times when little niglets and the like come into myGameStopand try to buy old games with their piggybanks and shit. I get in trouble if I try to openly help them out so I have to spot the money behind the counter.
>>342903529
You're fucking retarded desu
>>342904557
>being molested by 15 y/o hot babysitter
man, why it never happened to me
>>342905690
Are you ugly?
>>342887371
>>342904145
Stealing, experimenting with drugs and thinking you're cool for experimenting with drugs are all normal things for a lot of teenagers. He may have gotten over those phases when he reached the end of his teens and moved on to a normal life.
But you got him expelled. You're likely the reason he started using heroin in the first place. But, he tried to kick the addiction and started studying again to improve his quality of life. Then you come along, some petty faggot who can't get over some video games, and ruin his life all over again. Weed and DVDs are probably all he has for entertainment, he probably couldn't afford a new phone and I doubt I need to explain why tossing his notebook is harmful. You're pathetic.
>>342900238
I dont know man, anon might also be agirl
>>342888146
YOU
FUCKED
UP
This is LITERALLY like one of my Japanese animes!
>>342896304
Nigga
this thread reminds me of vacationing in mexico
>dad is drug lord
>vacation in mexico at least once a year
>have biggest house in town with a giant yard and big wall around the perimeter like something out of a rainbow six game
>dad would give me 100 dollar bills to exchange to pesos
>always told me to share with the other kids
>tfw going to the store or to the arcade and making it rain on all the poor mexican kids buying them stuff letting them play king of fighters
>tfw qt brown girl lets me touch her tits when i was 9 because i bought her a cheeseburger
good times.
>>342906451
Your dad ever kill anybody, or order than someone be killed?
>>342905652
>hurr hurr rich and white
Spoken like a true faggot. There are shittons of poor whites here, and they're the ones who have to put up with subhumans on a daily basis while retards like you cry about how bad the poor shitskins have it, when in reality their shit living status is entirely their own fault because they're fucking stupid, all of them are.
I used to teach at a nigger and spic filled school that had 2 white kids out of hundreds of "students" (unsurprisingly both had drug addicted parents who didn't care about their kids - even poor rednecks here don't hate their children enough to send them to nigger or spic filled schools), I've never felt so bad for anyone in my life.
>>342906451
You sure that wasn't a prostitute?
>move to US
>after a month or two we have to go to shelter
>learned about mother's past domestic violence history that got us a place to live for two months
>the shelter had an xbox with Spider-Man
>play the shit out of it while we lived on the farm doing farm shit
>two months are over and gotta move out
>brother and I hatch plan to steal the xbox from nice white lady
>we swap out our old N64 for the xbox because she's probably too dumb to know the difference
>leave with the xbox and spend our teen years playing THPS3, Battlefront 2, and Burnout: Revenge
>>342906451
>>dad is drug lord
this gon get gud
I was never poor but I knew some poor people growing up.
>get poor best friend in third grade
>people make fun of her at school for being dirt poor
>actually get in deep shit one recess when I punch a kid in the face for making her cry and throwing sand on her head
>when I start hanging out with her people say I'm her boyfriend and I just ignore them
>her mom is fucking bananas and her dad is an alcoholic asshole
>mom didn't like me being over there so we'd hang out at my house
>we'd play with action figures, play vidya and such
>played the shit out of Turtles in Time and secret of mana
>remember one day her coming over and starting to cry since she got a bad haircut
>says people think she looks ugly and even her mom said she looked ugly
>remember saying some shit like "They're wrong. You're pretty."
>sister bullies me the rest of the day, doing 'anon and (girl) sitting in a treeeee'
>one year I gave her my gameboy with kirby games on her birthday with a card I made
>she basically became 'part of the family' over the years and we'd invite her over for holidays, events etc.
>my grandma joked that we were destined to get married
>she and I stayed close for years, going into later years of HS
>before graduating HS she moved out of state to live with relatives
>eventually contact got strained and didn't hear from her again until I got a FB
She was alsomy first kiss, first time and the reason why I like freckles and redheads.
My heart snapped when I first saw she was married and had a kid At least she's happy.
>>342906639
You naïve fucks kek
>grew up in a 10,000 square foot mansion in a private park
>55 acres of land with about 10 other neighbors, most of whom live in equally sized houses
>33 rooms, 16 fireplaces, 5 wood stoves
>parents sent me to good private schools
>always thought my family was super fucking rich because of this
>went to school with other rich children
>they all had video games even if they never played them, and I never did
>parents never got me shit, no video games at all, no pokemon cards, nothing
>grow up thinking my parents are assholes
>they get divorced and sell the house when I'm about 13
>when I get older I realize my dad had to take out two mortgages to buy that house when it was literally falling apart, and fixed up the entire thing by himself for years before I was born
>mom and dad only managed to pay the mortgages thanks to the lesbian that lived in the maid quarters, and the ancient german lady holocaust survivor that lived on the 6th floor
>spent all their money to send me to private schools because the city public schools are complete trash
Turns out they also just didn't approve of video games either, but yeah my family was poor as fuck. Anyone else have something similar happen to them?
>>342904941
You stole my heart .
There you go faggot. You stole something.
>>342899912
What the hell is it about poor people and smoking?
>>342885547
Anyone want to tell me the origin of this picture? it looks so sweet.
>tfw wasn't rich and had well below average household income
>still had every console because my dad loved video games
And that was the reason why we were poor.
>>342898816
Seriously, fuck you dude. Wish you would've got your ass beat for doing that.
>>342906738
You lived the life at least
>best friend lives in a small dirty apartment right next to the park where we both have cross country practice
>sit in his tiny-ass room before practice listening to him practice guitar
>always offers me food which I respectfully decline since there isn't that much
He joined the marine Corps, got married, and has a kid, so he's doing pretty good now.
>>342906859
kek
>>342903529
Yeah, he's perfectly legal
>>342888146
>tfw our school made literally EVERYONE play Dance Dance Revolution one by one for an entire day
I still have no idea what the fuck was going on.
also another vacationing in mexico story
>local kids are all at school
>go to arcade which is also has a small cafe
>playing kof 98 by myself for a few hours
>all of a sudden a soldier walks in with full military gear
>has a motherfucking ar with him
>comes up to the machine next to me and puts in his peso
>tfw get real scared and think if i beat him he'll shoot me
>ocv him with terry
>slams the machine
>shitting bricks at this point
>looks at me
>laughs
>buys a sandwich and some chips and leaves
>>342903529
Apparently you still cant into it.
>>342892617
Im sorry anon, but the last thing you need in that instance is a DS.
>>342906976
Thats cool hahaha
>>342906861
disgusting habit, I agree, but feels so good to inhale that cancerous smoke
